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Re: Completely stumped (still) [message #185033 is a reply to message #185031] Mon, 24 February 2014 23:53 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:51:23 -0800, Richard Yates
<richard(at)yatesguitar(dot)com> wrote:

> Sorry for the vague subject heading but i didn't know what else to put
> there. I have a script that works fine on my local server, and that I
> am using with no problem on three other production servers.
>
> However, on another production server it is failing in a very weird
> way. I get the message "Fatal error: cannot use string as offset in
> array" when it gets to this line:
>
> $fname=$_SESSION['to'][$ct]['fname'];
>
> I var_dumped the $_SESSION['to'] array to see what was going on and
> got this:
>
> string(23) "dyates(at)salemharvest(dot)org"
>
> So, the error seems to make sense given what is apparently in
> $_SESSION[to']. But that is not what is supposed to be in
> $_SESSION['to']. On the other servers - with IDENTICAL code - the
> script works and the variable dump is like this, as it is supposed to
> be:
>
> array (size=2)
> 0 =>
> array (size=3)
> 'fname' => string 'Dick' (length=4)
> 'lname' => string 'Yates' (length=5)
> 'email' => string 'dyates(at)salemharvest(dot)org' (length=23)
> 1 =>
> array (size=3)
> 'fname' => string 'Benjamin' (length=8)
> 'lname' => string 'Rasmus' (length=6)
> 'email' => string 'benjamin(at)harvest(dot)org' (length=25)
>
> The only difference I can find in the servers is that the ones that
> work are running php5.3 and the bad one is running php5.2. But I
> cannot see how that could account for this error.
>
> At this point I do not even know where to look to track this down.
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Richard Yates

I inserted var_dump successively at each stage in the script to see
where it changes from the (correct) array to a (incorrect) string. I
narrowed it down to ONE statement, but cannot see how that could
possibly change the variable. Here's the section with var_dump, then
the one statement, and then the var_dump repeated exactly.

var_dump($_SESSION['to']);
$to=$_SESSION['to'][$ct]['email'];
var_dump($_SESSION['to']);

The output of the two var_dumps is:

The first:
array(1) { [0]=> array(3)
{ ["fname"]=> string(4) "Dick"
["lname"]=> string(5) "Yates"
["email"]=> string(23) "dyates(at)salemharvest(dot)org" }
}

The second:
string(23) "dyates(at)salemharvest(dot)org"

If I comment out the second line (that sets $to), the second var_dump
comes out correct. Am I losing my mind?
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